Copying press toy



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COPYING PRESS TOY Filed Nov. 16, 1967 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 United States Patent Oflice 3,486,443 Patented Dec. 30, 1969 U.S. Cl. 101-132.5 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A copying press toy comprising a rotary drum supported so as to rotate freely, a transfer paper on which letters or the like are Written in ink, paper to be printed, means for detachably fixing the transfer paper on the outer peripheral surfaces of the drum detachably, a solvent tank including solvents adapted to dissolve said ink on said transfer paper, a solvent applying roll mounted on the forwarding pass of said papers for applying solvent thereto, an absorbing member for applying the solvent to said solvent applying roll, and a press roll provided on the forwarding pass of said papers to be printed to contact them with said transfer paper on said rotary drum.

This invention relates to a copying press toy, more particularly to a copying press toy for printing letters or the like written on a transfer paper in ink onto a blank piece of paper permeated by a solvent which can dissolve the ink of the transfer paper.

One object of this invention is to provide a copying press toy which can print on a blank piece of paper permeated by a solvent, letters or the like written on a transfer paper in ink which is soluble in the solvent.

Another object of this invention is to provide a copying press toy using a carbon paper permeated by ink capable of being dissolved in solvent such as alcohol for writing letters or the like on a transfer paper.

A further object is to provide a copying press toy wherein any printing ink or the like is not needed, so that the hand of a child is not soiled, but the printing is accomplished by an operation similar to that of a rotary press.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a copying press toy in which a solvent tank is provided above a printing paper forwarding roll and the roll is wetted by a solvent through an absorbing member positioned under the solvent tank, thereby applying the solvent to a printing paper forwarded by the roll.

A still further object is to provide a copying press toy in which the tip end of a transfer paper is fitted under pressure on the outer peripheral surface of a rotary drum by a protruding portion projecting from said surface, so that the transfer paper may be rotated together withthe rotary drum when the drum is rotated in the counterclockwise direction.

Yet a further object of the present invention is to provide a copying press toy in which pieces of paper to be printed can be stacked prior to printing, individually permeated with a solvent at a position ahead of the printing position, and subsequently printed through contact with a transfer paper between a forwarding roll and the lower surface of a rotary drum upon which the transfer paper is mounted.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will further become apparent hereinafter and in the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a toy constructed in accordance with this invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the toy shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a gear train portion of a toy of this invention;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the gear train portion shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a tracking plate of a toy of this invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional side view of a toy of this invention;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a draw out plate of a toy of this invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged side view of a solvent tank of a toy of this invention; and

FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional side view of the solvent tank shown in FIG. 8.

In describing the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, specific terminology will be resorted to for the sake of clarity.

Turning now to the specific embodiment of the invention selected for illustration in the drawings, numeral 3 designates a frame comprising a base plate 1 and both side plates 2 made ofmetal. A rotary drum 4 is supported rotatable freely by a shaft 5 journalled to the side plates 2. Beneath said drum 4 is provided a curved guide plate 6 such that the upper end thereof contacts the rotary drum 4 and the lower end thereof is fixed on the base plate 1. A tracking plate 7 is inserted into the drum 4 through an axial slit 10 provided on the drum 4, the inner end of plate 7 being connected to the shaft 5 through tension springs 8 and the outer end thereof being provided with a bent portion 9 having protruded engaging portions 11 at both sides thereof, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5. On the outer peripheral surface of the drum 4, a groove 12 for engaging said bent portion 9 is provided and the tracking plate 7 is guided by a slit 14 of a channel shaped supporting member 13 fixed on the inner peripheral surface of the drum 4, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6. A draw out plate 15 is provided on the side plates 2 so as to tangentially contact the outer peripheral surface of the drum 4 and to be urged by a tension spring 15' attached to each of said side plates 2 towards the center of the drum 4. Under both sides of the draw out plate 15 there are provided a pair of legs 16 extending along the outer peripheral surface of the drum 4 and inserting into said engaging portions 11 of the bent portion 9 when the drum 4 is rotated in the clockwise direction. A guide plate 18 is pivoted to the side plates 2 by a shaft 66 rotatable freely at a position above the draw out plate 15 so as to produce a gap 17 for inserting a transfer paper a between the guide plate 18 and the draw out plate 15. U-shaped reinforcing edges 19 are formed at both sides of the guide plate 18 and engaged to a protruding piece 21 protruded inwardly from covers 20 covering the outside of the side plates 2, respectively, when the guide plate 18 is turned over. Under the drum 4 is provided a freely rotatable press roll 22 of elastic material such as rubber or the like supported on shaft 23 which is journalled to the side plates 2 so as to contact press roll 22 with the drum 4.

An L-shaped plate 24 is fixed between both side plates 2 in front of the drum 4, or at the paper delivery side, at the upper end of which a reinforcing portion 25 formed in the reversed U is provided so as to bend outwardly. Bent pieces 28 protrude flom the outer wall of a solvent tank 27 which is stacked on an absorbing member encasing box 29. These are set on the L-shaped bending plate 24 and bent pieces 28 are engaged into grooves 26 provided at both sides of the reinforcing portion 25. An inlet 30 for receipt of the solvent is provided on the upper surface of the tank 27 and is closed by a cock 31 made of synthetic resin. An outlet 33 is provided on the lower surface of the tank 27 so as to face an open mouth 32 provided on the upper surface of said box 29 and is closed by a tapered elastic valve 34. A rod provided on the valve 34 is projected upwardly through a bore 36 provided on the upper surface of the tank 27, and has at the upper end thereof a push button 37. A compression spring 38 is inserted between said push button 37 and the surface of the tank 27 to thereby constantly urge the rod 35 upwardly in order to maintain the valve 34 in closed relationship to the outlet 33.

On a side face of the box 29 is provided a slot 39 extending in the longitudinal direction and a trough 40 bent downwardly along the slot 39 for leading downwardly therefrom a portion 42' of an absorbing member 41, the lower end of said trough 48 being in contact with a roll 42 made of solvent-proof synthetic resin for applying the solvent.

Said roll 42 is supported between both side plates 2 and is rotatable freely by a shaft 43, under which a holding roll 45 made of elastic material such as rubber or the like is positioned and is separated therefrom by a guide plate 44. Said roll 45 is supported between both side plates 2 and is rotatable freely by a shaft 46. Said guide plate 44 is fixed to both side plates 2 at each end thereof so as to become a guide between the roll 42 and press roll 22.

An insertion plate 48 having a frictional upper surface 47 is provided such that the inner end thereof faces the insertion side of the holding roll 45 through an L-shaped partition plate 49 fixed to the side plates 2 at both sides thereof, both side edges 50 of which are bent downwardly for reinforcement, and the outer end of which is pivoted by a shaft 51 supported by the side plates 2 through said side edges 50.

A pair of spring plates 53 extending in the longitudinal direction are fixed on a supporting plate 52 pivoted by said shaft 51 on the opposite side of the insertion plate 48. A cam plate 55 is fixed to a shaft 54 journalled to both side plates 2 so as to rotate freely and contact the under side of the supporting plate 52, so that the supporting plate 52 is caused to move up and down by the rotation of the cam plate 55, which in turn moves the insertion plate 48. Above the insertion plate 48 an insertion shaft 56 is supported by the side plates 2. Insertion rolls 57 made of elastic material such as rubber or the like are journalled with the insertion shaft 56 at the several portions thereof, to which the frictional upper surface 47 is contacted under pressure by the spring plates 53.

At the outside of the insertion plate 48 a paper holding plate 58 is provided level with the insertion plate 48. A shaft 60 inserted through the turned down edges 59 of the paper holding plate 58 is supported by the side plates 2 so as to rotate freely. L shaped sliding plates 61 are provided on the right and left sides of the paper holding plate 58 so as to slide relative to each other, portions of both turned up pieces 62 passing through guide grooves 63 provided laterally on the paper holding plate 58, being fixed on spring holding plates 64 mounted below the paper holding plate 58. Spring plates 65 are fixed on the middle portion of the spring holding plates 64 in order to resiliently engage the spring holding plates 64 with the paper holding plate 58.

On the side plates 2 there are provided bearing holes for supporting both ends of the shaft 5 of the rotary drum, shaft 66 of the transfer paper guide plate 18, shafts 23, 43, 46 and 56 of the rolls 22, 42, 45 and 57, shaft 54 of the cam plate 55, and shaft 60 of the paper holding plate 58, and there are also provided small holes for engaging with small protruding pieces at the both sides of the guide plate 6, draw out plate 15, L-shaped bending plate 24, guide plate 44, and partition plate 49, respectively, each of said small pieces being inserted into each of the small holes and turned up. Protruding legs 67 are provided on the four corners of the lower face of base plate 1. Peripheral edges 68 of the base plate 1 a e turned up and small piece protr ded fr m h .4 upper edges and peripheral surfaces are turned up to engage small holes in side plates 2. Tension springs 69 are provided between both ends of the shaft 23 of press roll 22 protruded outwardly from the both side plates 2, and small protruding pieces 70 provided on the side plates 2 on a line directed between said shaft 23 and shaft 5 of the rotary drum 4. Tension springs 71 are provided between the both end portions of the shafts 43, 46 of solvent applying roll 42 and press roll 45 protruded outwardly through the side plates 2, respectively. The one end of insertion shaft 56 protruding from the side plate 2 are pressed by a spring plate 72 of which one end is fixed on the outsides of the side plates 2.

A forwarding plate 73 is mounted such that the inner end thereof is adjacent to the outer end of the curved guide plate 6 extending beneath the rotary drum 4 and is pivoted rotatable freely by a shaft 75 through the inner ends of the turned down edges 74 thereof journalled to the side plates 2. A sliding plate 77 is inserted between the lower side of forwarding plate 73 and folded pieces 76 provided on the outer portion of the turned down edges 74 of forwarding plate 73, the turned down side edges 78 of said plate 77 being in superimposed relation to the inner side of the folded edges 74. Protruding pieces 79 are provided on the inner ends of the turned. down side edges 78 of the sliding plate 77 so as to project downwardly and to engage to the folded pieces 76 for stopping the sliding plate 77 when the sliding plate 77 is drawn out of the forwarding plate 73. A turned up stopper 80 is provided on the outer end of the sliding plate 77. The side plates 2 are fixed to the inner walls 81 of the covers 20 by screws 83 threaded into a plurality of protruding portions 82 provided on the inner walls 81. In a space formed between the cover 20 and side plate 2 of one side are mounted gear trains which rotate the press roll 23, solvent applying roll 42, holding roll 45 and insertion shaft 56 with rotary drum 4. A handle 86 is fixed to the protruding end of the rotary main shaft 84 of the gear trains, said shaft 84 being protruded through the cover 20, on the tip end of which a knob portion 87 is pivoted so as to rotate freely. A driving pinion 88 fixed to the rotary main shaft 84 is in meshed relation with a large transmission gear 89 fixed to the shaft 5 of the rotary drum 4 and a large interlocking gear 91 fixed to a shaft 90 journalled to the side plate 2 and cover 20. The large interlocking gear 91 is in meshed relation with a pinion 93 of a shaft 92 supported between side plate 2 and cover 20 which in turn meshes with a pinion 95 of a shaft 94. A large interlocking gear 97 of a shaft 96 is in meshed relation with the pinion 95 and transmission pinion 100 of an intermediate shaft 99 which in turn meshes with a transmission pinion 101 of the shaft 46. A sector gear 98 fixed to the shaft 96 is in meshed relation with a transmission pinion 102 of the insertion shaft 56. A handle 103 is fixed to the shaft 54 of the cam plate 55 protruding through the cover 20.

The operation of this toy according to the invention will be explained hereinbelow.

The transfer paper a in which letters, etc., are written by carbon paper is inserted between the guide plate 18 and draw out plate 15 so that the inked face thereof faces plate 15. When the rotary drum 4 is rotated in the clockwise direction the legs 16 at the both tip ends of the draw out plate 15 are guided in the engaging portions 11 of tracking plate 7 and with further rotation of the rotary drum 4 the tracking plate 7 is drawn out of the axial slit 10 against the tension spring 8, so that the bent portion 9 of the tracking plate 7 is lifted from the peripheral surface of the rotary drum 4 and the tip end of the transfer paper a is inserted between the bent portion 9 and peripheral surface of the rotary drum 4. When the rotary drum 4 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, the legs 16 are disengaged from the engaging portion 11 and tracking plate 7 is returned by the force of the tension spring 8, so that the bent portion 9 is press fitted with the tip end of the transfer paper a into the groove 12 and the tip end of the transfer paper a is thus fixed firmly on the peripheral surface of the rotary drum 4.

A piece of paper to be printed b is then placed on the paper holding plate 58 and the L-shaped sliding plates 61 are slid laterally relative to each other so as to contact both the side edges with the piece of paper b. The tip end of the paper b is inserted between the frictional surface 47 and insertion roll 57, and the spring plate 50 is pushed upwardly by rotating the shaft 54 of the cam plate 55 by the handle 103 so as to position the tip end of the piece of paper b at the same level as the partition plate 49.

When the handle 86 of the rotary main shaft 84 is rotated, the rotary drum 4 is rotated via the large transition gear 89 and the press roll 45 is rotated through the large transmission gear 91, interlocking pinions 93, 95, large interlocking gear 97, interlocking pinion 100 and pinion 101, so that the solvent applying roll 42, connected to the roll 45 through the tension spring 71, is rotated. The insertion shaft 56 and insertion roll 57 are rotated intermittently via the sector gear 98 and pinion 102, thus the printing paper b which is pressed to the insertion roll 57 by the spring plate 53 is forwarded onto the guide plate 44 positioned between the press roll 45 and solvent applying roll 42 to which is applied a solvent such as alcohol and interlocked with the press roll 45. Means for applying the solvent are characterized in that when the push button 37 protruded through the upper surface of the solvent tank 27 is pushed, the rod 35 having the valve 34 at the lower end thereof is lowered against the force of the spring 38 and the outlet 33 is opened by detaching the valve 34 from the outlet 33 so that the solvent is flowed down into the box 29 and dampens the absorbing member 41. The solvent is applied to the surface of the applying roll 42 through a portion 42' of the absorbing member 41 protruding from the trough 40.

The solvent on the applying roll 42 is absorbed by the printing paper b when the printing paper b is forwarded to the lower surface of the applying roll 42 wetted by the solvent and the paper b is further forwarded between the rotary drum 4 and press roll 22 in the wetted condition.

The transfer paper a and paper b now wetted by the solvent, are pressed together between the rotary drum 4 and the press roll 22 urged by the tension spring 69 in the direction of the shaft 5 of the rotary drum, and the letters or the like written by ink on the transfer paper a are transferred onto the paper b.

After the printing is completed, the transfer paper a is rotated together with the rotary drum 4 and the printed paper b is forwarded onto the forwarding plate 73 and sliding plate 77 passing on the curved guide plate 6 and being stopped at a position where the stopper 80 is located.

By repetition of the operation in a similar manner, the printing is performed continuously to the paper b. The transfer paper a can be used several times. When the transfer paper a is to be removed from the rotary drum 4, the tracking plate 7 is loosened by rotating the rotary drum 4 in the clockwise direction as in the insertion operation and the transfer paper is then taken out of the bent portion 9. When the forwarding of the paper b is ceased for correction of the position of the rotary drum 4, the cam plate 55 is rotated by the handle 103 and the insertion plate 48 is inclined downwardly by releasing the thrust force of the spring plate 53 so that the tip end thereof is lower than the top of the partition plate 49, thereby stopping the forwarding of paper b to the side of the solvent applying roll 42.

When the toy is not in use, the sliding plate 77 may be encased beneath the forwarding plate 73, and the guide plate 18, insertion plate 58 and forwarding plate 73 may be rotated centering around the shafts 66, 60 and 75, respectively, to thereby fold the toy compactly.

As stated above, according to the present invention, printing can be accomplished easily by contacting under pressure the transfer paper on which the letters or the like are written by carbon paper with the printing paper permeated by the solvent which can dissolve the ink of the transfer paper so as to transfer the ink of the transfer paper to the printing paper.

Therefore, it has great interest as a toy. Further, in this toy any printing ink or the like is not needed, so that the hand of a child is not soiled, but the printing process is accomplished by an operation similar to that of a rotary press.

What I claim is:

1. A copying press toy comprising a rotary drum supported by frames so as to rotate freely, a transfer paper on which letters or the like are written in soluble ink, pieces of paper to be printed, a tracking plate the inner end of which is inserted into said drum and urged by a spring towards the shaft of said drum and the outer end of which is projected from an axial slit provided on said drum and bent along the outer peripheral surface of said drum for holding one end of said transfer paper on the outer peripheral surface of said drurn, engaging portions extending outwardly provided at both the ends of said outer bent end of the tracking plate, a draw out plate fixed on said frames so as to contact in a substantially tangential manner the outer peripheral surface of said drum, legs provided under both sides of said draw out plate extending along the outer peripheral surface of said rotary drum for engaging said engaging portions of said tracking plate and drawing outwardly said tracking plate against the force of said spring when said drum is rotated in the clockwise direction, a solvent tank mounted on said frames, including solvents adapted to dissolve said ink on said transfer paper, a solvent applying roll mounted on the forwarding pass of said printing papers, an absorbing member for applying the solvent to said solvent applying roll, and a press roll provided on the forwarding pass of said printing papers so as to interengage with said rotary drum.

2. A copying press toy according to claim 1, wherein the letters or the like are written on the transfer paper by means of a carbon paper permeated with said soluble ink.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,067,199 1/1937 Marchev 10l--132.5 2,220,282 11/1940 Ritzerfeld 10l-132.5 2,865,289 12/1958 Fowlie et al. 101409 ROBERT E. PULFREY, Primary Examiner E. H. EICKHOLT, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 101147, 409 

